Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown